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E. E. MATTHEWS.

COMBINED CRIB AND GHAIR.

No. 325,685. Patented Sept.-8, 1885.

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ELIAS E. MATTHEWVS, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

COMBINED CRIB AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,685, datedSeptember 8, 1885.

Application filed June 17, 1884.

To (LZZ whom it n'tay concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAS E. Marrnnws, a citizen of the United States,residingat Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Combined Crib and Chair, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved con struction in a childs crib,whereby it is also adapted to be used as a chair.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is aperspective view of my device as a crib. Fig. 2 is asimilarview as a chair. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the fasteningplates.

The bottom of the crib is formed of three pieces, a, b, and 0.

Piece 0 is provided at each edge, on the under side,with a rocker, (Z,and said rockers are connected with a base-frame, 6, so as to rockthereon by fiat springs, (seen at f j',) in the usual well-known manner.

Piece a is hinged to one end of b so as to swing upward, and c is hingedto the opposite end of b so as to swing downward. To the outer end of ais hinged the head-board g, and to the outerendof c is rigidly secured,at right angles to e, the foot-board h.

The side frames, v; 'i, are each pivoted to the headboard g at an-uppercorner, as seen at j, and are also pivoted to the foot-board at thecorner diagonally opposite to j, as seen at Each of the side l'ramesha-sa slot, 1, in the lower edge, through which a bolt or pin, .m, passesinto the bottom piece, I), the construction being such that said bolt isrigid in the piece 1'), and the side piece slides freely on the bolt.

The device is locked in the position shown in Fig. l by means of a pairof plates, an, one of which is shown enlargedin Fig. 3. One of saidplates is pivoted to each end of the footboard near the top edge. Saidplate has a slot, 0, in which is an offset, 1), which engages a pin, 1-,projecting from the inside of said frame. On releasing the plates 12 afrom their respective pins 0' and pushing downward on the foot-board thedevice assumes the position (No model.)

shown in Fig. 2, the side frames acting as levers, having their fulcrumat m, the slotlpermitting the necessary longitudinal movement of theside frames. In this position, 12 forms the seat of the chair, a and gthe back, and c and h the foot-rest. The length of the slot 0 in plates17, a is such that the end of the slot rests on the pin r and partiallysustains the foot-board.

For the purpose of locking the device in the position shown in Fig. 2, apair of plates, 3 8, one of which is shown enlarged in Fig. 3, arepivoted to opposite sides of piece 1) near its outer edge. Each of saidplates has a slot, t, in which is an offset, a, which engages apinprojecting inward from the side frame at a, thus preventing the hingededges of a and g from bending backward,and forming with the side frames,13 i, rigid side braces.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the bottom havingthree parts hinged together, the headboard hinged to the bottom, and thefoot-board rigidly secured thereto, of a pair of side frames pivoted atdiagonally-opposite corners to the head and foot boards, and pinsprojecting from oppositeedges of the bottom and engaging slots in saidside frames, whereby the headboard is raised when the footboard isdepressed, substantially as set forth.

2. In a combined crib and chair, the combination, with the seat and itssupport, of bottom piece, 0, foot-board l1, side pieces, ii, and pinsprojecting therefrom, of a pair of plates, 'n it, each having slot 0,provided with an offset, 10, adapted to engage said pins, allsubstantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a combined crib and chair, the combination, with the seat auditssupport, of piece a, head-board g, hinged thereto, side frames,

i, and pins projecting therefrom, of a pair of 0 ELIAS E. MATTHEWS.

W'itn esses M. GARSTEN, H. P. Hoop.

